William Barry Grove

William Barry Grove (15 January 1764-30 March 1818) was a member of the US House of Representatives (F-NC 5) from 1791 to 1793 (succeeding John Sevier and preceding Nathaniel Macon) and from NC-7 from 1793 to 1803 (preceding Samuel D. Purviance).

Biography
William Barry Grove was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1764, and he became an attorney before serving in the House of Commons in 1784 and from 1788 to 1789. He went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1791 to 1803, and he advocated the seizure of Spanish Louisiana after the Spanish intendant withdrew the right of free deposit for American goods. He died in 1818.